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15 things that can happen during this government shutdown

I was honestly avoiding this prompt because I HOPED it'd be over, but c'est la vie. My sources include the NPR article "Here's what is being affected by the government shutdown across the country" by The NPR Network and Caitlyn Kim, the USA Facts article "Everything you need to know about a government shutdown," the Brookings article "What is a government shutdown?" by David Wessel, the BBC article "Jobs, travel, national parks - what impact will US shutdown have?" by Max Matza, the USA Today article "No wonder Trump is nonchalant about shutdown. It delays Epstein files' release. | Opinion" by Chris Brennan, the ABC News article "The US government has shut down. Here's what to know" by Justin Gomez, the CNN article "September 30 2025: Government shutdown news" by Maureen Chowdhury, Andy Rose, Haley Britzky, Casey Gannon, Samantha Waldenberg, Kevin Liptak, Tori B. Powell, Elise Hammond, Aditi Sangal and Amir Vera, and the Wikipedia article "2025 United States federal government shutdown".

  1. Passports can take longer to process
  2. Can shutdown the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food program
  3. Many "federal workers and active-duty military service members [...] will not receive a paycheck during the government shutdown" (don't worry, congresspeople and the president still get paid 🙄)
  4. Many National Parks will be closed
  5. "[I]ssuing tax refunds or conducting audits, may be delayed"
  6. "[F]ewer food-safety inspections"
  7. Small business loans can take longer to process
  8. While air traffic controllers and TSA workers are not furloughed, they won't get paid until the shutdown ends, "[w]hen this last happened in 2018-2019, these workers increasingly began to call in sick, leading to delays that had a ripple effect across the country"
  9. Ongoing research and other work by the NIH and CDC will be affected by furloughed workers
  10. Federal contractors won't be paid nor will they receive back-pay
  11. The Smithsonians could shut down
  12. The Epstein files continue to not be released
  13. The Department of Labor "would not be expected to publish the jobs report scheduled for Friday"
  14. Democrats are getting blamed by the White House ("White House website blames Democrats for shutdown with ticking clock")
  15. "The shutdown will not affect Medicare and Medicaid, though certain services, such as Medicare card procurement, may shut down"

(Prompt by Eleanor Pratt)

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